The AASVO's Citizen Sky Project has been producing a series of online talks as a part of a month-long celebration called Astro-April.

In the last couple of weeks we have presented 5 online talks on various astronomical subjects. (If you missed any of them, recordings are posted on the main Astro-April page.) The speakers have been engaging, the questions have been thoughtful, and we've given away $250 in "door" prizes!

We now have a new, follow up survey prepared. This one is focused on the strategic direction of the AAVSO and the operations of the organization. The survey asks questions about the future direction of the organization, staff, officers and council and much more.

In late 2011 we asked you to fill out a membership demographic survey. Participation in the survey was remarkable, with 615 people responding. An analysis of the results have recently been submitted to the JAAVSO and accepted for publication. A pre-print can be downloaded via the link below.

April 12, 2012: Tom Krajci (KTC, Cloudcroft, NM) reports that a possible nova in Scutum has been announced on the IAU CBAT TOCP page (http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/tocp.html) as PNV J18562170-0852300. It was discovered at unfiltered magnitude 9.7 on 2012 April 12.7954 UT by Y. Sakurai, Japan, on two 10-second exposures using a digital camera + 180-mm f/2.8 lens. Nothing was visible on an image taken 2012 Apr. 9.79 UT.